Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam, currently the mayor of Knoxville, has a simple but very important goal for our state. He wants to shrink the size of state government – while targeting the available money to improve our public schools.
Government on all levels has a tendency to grow and become more expensive. Certainly, the worst example of that is our federal government.
While government is necessary, it is very important to focus its operations – and its funding – on the top priorities.
In Tennessee, better educational achievement by our children is certainly the top priority.
Mayor Haslam notes that Tennessee ranks an embarrassing 42nd among our 50 states in education. He wants to fully fund our $525 million Basic Education Program – making that possible by reducing the size of state government in general.
It’s a matter of priorities.
Putting our emphasis on our children and our schools surely can pay big dividends for the progress of our people and our state in all respects.